FRIDAY
Tel Aviv
Upon arrival to airport meet our representative and transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv for an overnight.
SATURDAY
Tel Aviv
A free leisure day in Tel Aviv. Visit the Beaches, avenues and malls. You can join a city bus tour.
Optional visit to the Diaspora or Palmach museums.
Optional visit of the city of Jaffa where we will take a short walking tour in picturesque alleys of the old, fortified town.
SUNDAY
Tel Aviv -Caesaria -Zichron Yahakov- Haifa
After breakfast we drive up north along the coast to the archaeological ruins of Caesarea, built by Herod the Great in honor of Augustus Caesar.
Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa with the Bahai Shrine- Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city
If time will allow - drive to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications
Then we drive to the Kibbutz hotel in the upper Galilee for overnight.
MONDAY
Galilee
Visit the old center of the Kabala and Rosh Pina one of the first colony.
the bar Mitzvah family will join a Kayak ride and visit at the after noon the Banias or Hazbany water reserve.
Optional Visit, if time will allow - climbing the cable car on to Manara cliff.
TUESDAY
Golan Heights - Sea of Galilee - Jordan River - Jerusalem
Ascend to the Golan Heights to view the panoramic view of the peaks of Mt. Hermon and the rugged plateau of the Golan Heights, and beneath it the green pastoral Huleh valley.
Take an ATV fun ride, and then Proceed to the Sea of Galilee and Capernaum visit the old city of Tiberius.
Continue through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean with its recently excavated amphitheater. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City which was destroyed in an earthquake and then onward to Jerusalem, where you check-in to hotel.
WEDNSDAY
Jerusalem
This day’s tour includes "Yad Vashem" - the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, and located on the foot of Mt. Hertzel, where you can visit also Yitzhak Rabin's grave.
Enjoy Ein Karem - a picturesque village on the south western outskirts of Jerusalem.
Drive by the Knesset (House of Parliament) and the campus of Hebrew University.
Optional visit to the Israel Museum with a detailed model of Jerusalem from the time of the Second Temple and the Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Bar Mitzvah family welcome meeting with an Ameican Israeli instatue
Optional family Tree ceremony planting in the Jerusalem in a nearby forest.
Optional visit to Rachel’s Tomb.
Back to the hotel for an overnight.
THURSDAY
Jerusalem - Old city & Bar Mitzvah ceremony
Start the day at Mt. Scopus. Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem, the holy city for each of the world’s three great religions – Judaism, Christianity & Islam – Jerusalem occupies a unique place in the world.
Your tour also includes the Mount of Olives, and the Garden of Gethsemane.
Then into the Old city for the Bar Mitzvah Ceremony by the Western Wall, the actual site of the Second Temple. As the last remnant of the second temple, The western wall is the central focus of Jewish prayers, wishes etc. You will get an official Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah certificate with your name on it, signed by the Mayor of Jerusalem. There's an option for a traditional Bar Mitzvah meals in a nearby restaurant.
After that we will take a walking tour in the old city.
You will visit in the new Western Wall's tunnels, one of Israel's most great archaeological discoveries and back to the hotel.
FRIDAY
Dead Sea & Masada - Ein Gedi
Through remarkable scenery of the Dead Sea we'll continue to Masada which is situated right on an isolated cliff in the Judean Desert. The site has been declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, King Herod’s palace, the synagogue, bathhouse and much more. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. You’ll see the site of the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Nearly 1,300 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface.
Visit Ein Gedi's springs reserve then Check into Dead Sea hotel. Don’t forget to bring your swimsuit to “float” on the salty, mineral rich and mud bath.
Stay for overnight.
SATURDAY
Eilat - Red Sea
Drive via the Arava Desert to Eilat by the Red Sea.
Optional Desert Jeep ride tour.
Overnight in Eilat.
SUNDAY
Eilat
Leisure day by the beach snorkeling optional attraction visit at the underwater observatory.
After noon flight to the international airport for departure.
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